Soil & plant health

Good stewardship is not about minimizing disturbances but about optimizing disturbances to produce the best ecosystem and productivity outcomes The...

Managing soil in preference of biology affects how much water stays in our fields The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service...

Microbial allies for sustainable pest management Microbial amendments are revolutionizing both pest management and soil health, serving as vital tools...

Q. Starter fertilizer can shut down the rhizophagy cycle; if you side-dress later in the season, though, would that do...

Farming to optimize plant-microbe interaction is the best way to ensure the food we eat contains the phytochemicals that will...

Growers can manage plant nutrition to achieve resistance to pests and diseases The presence of pests and diseases is often...

Q: Boron can help with insect pressure, but is there a concern about applying too much? A: I am of...

Two relatively new understandings of how plants and microbes work together — rhizophagy and exclusion-zone water — help explain why...

Q: Is there a way to nudge plants toward producing more exudates? A: According to Dr. Christine Jones, 90 percent...

How Do Corn Earworms Develop Resistance to Genetically Modified Crops? Nobody Knows For several decades, agribusinesses have genetically engineered crops...